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W. A. WALES.

CHECK REIN FASTENER.

No. 320,728. Patented June 23,1885

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NITED STATES PATENT OFFICF Q WILLIAM A. WALES, OF PLAINVILLE, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNOR TO ALLISON N. CLARK, OF SAME PLACE.

CHECK-REIN FASTENER.

SPECIFICATIQN forming part of Letters Patent No. 320,728, te 1 1 1385- Application filed February 25 1885.

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To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, WILLIAM A. WALns, a citizen of the United States, residing at Plainville, in the county of Hartford and State of 5 Connecticut, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in CheckRein Fasteners, of which the following is a specification.

In the accompanying sheet of drawings, Figure l is a plan view of my check-rein fast- IO ener or holder together with an ordinary check-hook. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the same. Fig. 3 is a transverse section of my saidholder on line x x of Fig. 1.

A is an ordinary check-hook. My holder 1 5 is designed to be attached to a check-rein for securing the rein to the check-hook.

B designates the frame of my holder, in the rear end of which is formed the eye a to slip over the checkbook A, and at the opposite 20 end of said frame is a loop or eye for attachment of the check-rein C.

Upon the end of the frame having the eye a, and practically forming one side of said eye, is the sliding follower b of rigid material, and

25 back of said follower is astiff metallic spring, 0, which presses against the follower with a constant tendency to press it toward the rear side of the eye a. I- prefer to make this follower of sheet metal bent over and around the 0 two sides of the frame, and with a block of wood or leather inclosed inside of the frame, as shown and secured by rivets.

WVhen the holder is placed upon the checkhook the follower b is pressed against the front 35 side of the check-hook with all the force of the metal spring 0. The rigid follower may have a leather pad or cushion at the end which faces the check-hook provided said leather projects but a slight distance from the metal portion of the follower, so that the check- 1 hook cannot embed itself in the follower to any considerable extent. This holder will secure the check-rein upon the check-hook so firmly as to make it impossible for even the most uneasy horse to detach the holder there from. If desired, instead of a sheet-metal spring one or more spiral springs may be used to force the follower toward the check-hook.

I am aware that soft rubber has been secured within the eye of check-rein holders or fasteners in order to better secure them upon the check-hook; but the rubber is so soft and easily indented to a considerable depth that horses will easily unhook the fastener. 3

I am also aware that a prior patent shows a check-rein holder having a loop to receive the check-rein and a loop to receive the ordinary check-hook, the latter loop being provided with a sheet-metal spring, one end of which presses directly upon the check-hook to hold the device in place. All of said prior art is hereby disclaimed.

I claim as myin'vention- The herein-described check-rein fastener t consisting of the frame B, having the eye a at one end, the follower I), mounted to slide thereon, and a metal spring acting against said follower to force it toward the rear side of said eye, substantially as described, and for the purpose specified.

WILLIAM A. XVALES.

Vitnesses:

JOHN P. BARTLETT, EDDY N. SMITH. 

